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The PAS spring newsletter is coming together! We would love o share information about your publications, presentations, performances, conference participation or other community news. Email newsletter editor-in-chief LaRay Denzer by April 15.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 4pm CT the Program of African Studies will host Ato Quayson for a virtual event where he will speak on “The Ambiguities of Colonial Modernity: Tragedy, History, and African Literature”  from his recently published book Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature (CUP, February 2021). Register for the online event here.
The Chabraja Center for Historical Studies (CCHS) at Northwestern University is hosting a conference on “Global Perspectives on the Prison and Systems of Punishment” on April 8, 2022 at the Evanston campus. The conference brings together historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and other scholars across the humanities and social sciences from universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Africa who are engaged in studies of systems of law and punishment, prisons, asylums, conscriptions, labor camps, and forced migration to engage in an interdisciplinary conversation aimed at exploring cultures of punishment from the 15th century to the present.
 The event will be simultaneously live-streamed to a wider audience and open to the public. Those wishing to participate in the conversation can either attend in-person or via zoom. Participants on zoom can register for free here.

The Pan-African Students Union (PASU) invites students to the opening meeting for the quarter this Friday, April 8, 6:30pm - 8:00pm in Kresge 2440. Come and hear about the exciting sessions PASU has lined up for this quarter, and enjoy pizza, trivia, and the great opportunity to meet and get to know fellow members in the PASU community.

Friday, April 19, 2022 1:00-2:00 pm CDT (UTC -5) the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) hosts the talk "The Masjid in Contemporary Africa" by Michelle M. Apotsos (Williams College). This hybrid event will take place in person at Kresge Hall, Room 1515, Evanston. Register to participate on zoom here.
Swahili Language Table will meet Mondays, 4-5pm in the Main Library's Video Theater Room. All levels of proficiency are welcome to come and use their skills! Meeting dates:
April 11
April 18
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
Image is of the installation piece "Nkata" (2015) by Nnenna Okore.
Saturday, May 14, 2022, 9:00 -11:00am CT (breakfast served) is a workshop dedicated to talking through big ideas, asking questions, and sharing new work in anticipation of the Global and Local Strategies of Twenty-First Century African Artists Symposium that will take place in fall 2022. During and following the workshop, participants will be encouraged to consider collaborative possibilities, either for scholarly or creative work, and to explore themes present in the upcoming symposium. Register here for this hybrid event.
Announcing two new new e-resources at the Northwestern library:
Africa Bibliography: The Africa Bibliography is an authoritative guide to works in African studies published under the auspices of the International African Institute annually since 1984. This the online consolidated version brings together every record collected since the bibliography's foundation, producing a rich and interactive resource for all scholars interested in the study of Africa.
 
Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation: Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation publishes articles and book reviews on topics relating to research, libraries, archives and publishing in and on Africa, and in African Studies.
Opportunities
Attention Northwestern Graduate Students: Apply for a Panofsky Award

More information available here.
Submission Deadline: May 9, 2022
 
ASMEA’s Research Grants Program

More information available here.
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2022
 
Richard A. Horovitz Fund for Professional Development Grant for 2022-23 

More information available here.
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2022
 
Ideas Matter Fellowship for West African Scholars in a US institution

More information available here.
Submission Deadline: April 17, 2022
 
Other News and Events

Two lectures hosted by DePaul University will be conducted over Zoom.  Both are free and open to the public, but require advance registration:
 
April 12, 6-7:30pm: “Mariane Ibrahim on Chicago and Paris Art Scenes,” with  Mariane Ibrahim.  Register here.
 
April 21, 6-7:30p
m: “Art, Black Magic or Science?  Masterpieces of African Metallurgy,” with Foreman Bandama.  Register here.


Please join us for two events this quarter organized by the Committee on African Studies at the University of Chicago. All events will be held remotely via Zoom. The event link and paper will be available on the ASW Canvas page. For those without access, please register by contacting Raffaella Taylor-Seymour (raffaella@uchicago.edu). More information is available here.


April 12, 5:30pm CT: Distinguished Africanist Lecture: “African Migrations: Past and Present, Myths and Realities” with Cheikh Babou, Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
 
April 19, 5:30-7pm:  “Postcolonial Nightmares” with Kevin Irakoze, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, University of Chicago
Discussant: Uchenna Okeja, Professor of Philosophy, Rhodes University
Walter Rodney Seminar Series, Boston University African Studies Center 
Spring 2022, at 12:30 – 2:00pm Eastern Time  All events will be accessible via Zoom using this registration link.

Apr 11: “The Dilemma of Security Force Assistance: The Fight against Boko Haram and Deepening Autocracy in Cameroon,” Kristen Harkness (University of St. Andrews)

Apr 25: “Explaining Variations in State Responses to the Security Crisis in the Sahel,” Pierre Englebert (Pomona College)

May 2: “A Rebellion of Beans: Radical Black Ecologies of Crisis in the East of Congo,” Chérie Rivers Ndaliko (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
The Global Studies Program at Oakton Community College is hosting the conference: Integrating West African Perspectives and Voices into the Curriculum on Thursday, April 14, 2022, 1:00 - 5:00 pm (CDT) and Friday, April 15, 2022, 9 :00 – 4:00 pm (CDT) at Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL. Register here for this event by March 15, 2022

The current exhibition at Sakhile&Me gallery is Go Bipa Mpa Ka Mabele by Mbali Dhlamini, 3 March 2022 - 9 April 2022. "Mbali Dhlamini's first solo exhibition at Sakhile&Me highlights the artist's trans-disciplinary approach. The title references a saying in Setswana which loosely translates to "shroud in secrecy," a nod to Dhlamini's interest and sensibility in relaying insights about cultural practices and indigenous knowledge."

Visit the Sakhile&Me website for more information.
Image by Mbali Dhlamini

More Africa news and events:

The artists, the forgers and the murky market of fake art in South Africa , Daily Maverick (Johannesburg), 6 April 2022, 

Thomas Sankara murder: Ex-Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré found guilty, BBC, 6 April 2022, 

Digital colonialism and reframing the pandemic: Malik and Nyabola, Al Jazeera, 4 April 2022, 

How Uganda’s endangered mountain gorillas survived the pandemic, Al Jazeera, 5 April 2022,

Ethiopia: War crimes committed in Western Tigray - New Report, Amnesty International (London), 6 April 2022,   

The (surprisingly political) cost of a goat in Burundi, African Arguments, 5 April 2022, 

People live here (possible eviction of Maasai in Ngorongoro), Africa Is a Country, 5 April 2022, 

Nkrumah and Football - How Ghana's Top Players Ended Up in North America, The Conversation (Johannesburg), 31 March 2022, 

How Nigerian women are mobilising grassroots support for 2023 general elections – Official, Premium Times (Abuja), 31 March 2021, 

Eritrea: Yohannes Kolmodin - His Works in the History and Culture of Eritrea, 1 April 2022, 

2022 Grammys: what Fela Kuti has to do with West Africa’s growing pop fame, The Conversation (Johannesburg), 31 March 2022, 

Congo-Kinshasa: The Guitar Maker of the Eastern Congo, African Arguments (London), 1 April 2022, 

Who is Nigerian music star Wizkid – and why is he taking over the world?, The Conversation (Johannesburg), 31 March 2022,

South African DJ Black Coffee Wins First Grammy Award, allAfrica.com, 4 April 2022, 

One week after Kaduna train attack, 168 passengers still unaccounted for – NRC, Premium Times (Abuja), 4 April 2022, 

Liberia Bids Dr. Sawyer Farewell At a State Funeral, New Dawn (Monrovia), 3 April 2022, 

Benin: Angélique Kidjo Beats the Kutis Legacy, Wizkid's Made in Lagos to Win Best World Music Album 2022, Vanguard (Lagos), 3 April 2022, 

Darfur war crimes trial opens as army cracks down in Sudan, Guardian (London), 3 April 2022, 

How Senegal decolonised diplomacy – starting with Kennedy and Senghor, The Conversation (Johannesburg), 2 April 2022, 

Rising vigilantism: South Africa is reaping the fruits of misrule, The Conversation (Johannesburg), 2 April 2022,  

Worrying insights from UN’s first-ever assessment of water security in Africa, The Conversation (Johannesburg), 6 April 2022, 

From pawns to kings: young chess champions in the slums of Lagos, Guardian, 7 April 2022, 

Sudanese Take to Streets in New Anti-Coup Protests, VOA, 6 April 2022,

'It's just about you, the road and your maker': Inside the East African Safari Classic, one of the world's gnarliest motor rallies, CNN, 5 April 2022, 
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